MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Barton College's
Deshawn Owens has been named the 2023 Conference Carolinas Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year courtesy of his performance this past weekend at the league outdoor track and field championships at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium.
Owens, a senior from Pikeville, N.C., won the men's 800-meter (1:54.55) and 1,500-meter (a school-record 3:56.42) races to lead the Bulldogs. Owens also took seventh place in the men's 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:34.76.
The Barton men's squad finished sixth overall with 48 points while the women's team totaled 17 points to take 11th place in the championship. The host school, Mount Olive, captured both the men's (171.5 points) and women's (206 points) titles for the ninth straight year.
In addition, junior
Chase Eaton (Wilson, N.C.) placed fourth overall in the men's 110-meter hurdles (15.07) and sophomore
Justin Copper (High Point, N.C.) was fifth in the men's 400-meter dash, clocking in at 49.69 seconds for Barton.
In the field events, Barton senior
Quante Downey (Nashville, N.C.) took second in the men's pole vault (13'4") to earn all-conference honors while junior
Braxton Fontaine (Rumford, R.I.) took fourth in the men's long jump (22'4").
On the women's side, the Bulldogs were led by freshman
Cassandra Schrubb (Piqua, Ohio), who took sixth in the 5,000-meter run (19:46.55) and eighth in the 1,500-meter run (5:07.49).
Barton also had a pair of sixth-place finishes: freshman
Aniya Heckstall in the women's long jump (17'8") and senior
Telina Bunch (Hampton, Va.) in the women's 400-meter hurdles (1:06.88). Finally, junior
Anna Fretwell (Sneads Ferry, N.C.) ran the women's 10,000-meter race in 43:39.31, good for ninth-place overall for the Bulldogs.
Full Results
2023 Conference Carolinas Men's and Women's Outdoor
Track and Field Championships
Friday, April 28 – Saturday, April 29
Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium
Final Results
MEN
1. Mount Olive 171.5
2. UNC Pembroke 165
3. North Greenville 95
4. Belmont Abbey 89
5. Southern Wesleyan 55
6. Barton 48
7. Erskine 38.5
8. Lees-McRae 32
9. Emmanuel (Ga.) 29
10. Converse 26
11. King 20
WOMEN
1. Mount Olive 206
2. Converse 127
3. Southern Wesleyan 89
4. North Greenville 86
5. UNC Pembroke 77.5
6. Belmont Abbey 67
7t. Lees-McRae 31
7t. King 31
9. Erskine 26
10. Emmanuel (Ga.) 21.5
11. Barton 17
INDIVIDUAL WINNERS
Women
Freshman of the Year - Ruth Spijker, Converse
Track Athlete of the Year - Jaylin Reeves, Mount Olive
Field Athlete of the Year - Mary Brigid Keck, Mount Olive
Coach of the Year - Earl Graves, Mount Olive
Men
Freshman of the Year - Terrique Webb, North Greenville
Track Athlete of the Year - Deshawn Owens, Barton
Field Athlete of the Year - Joshua Faison, Mount Olive
Coach of the Year - Earl Graves, Mount Olive
